Tokyo Olympics 2020

[One More Solo]

Did they both try and fail to jump a higher height bar or something?

Yep. Both failed at 2.39m.

 

[dowie]

Yep. Both failed at 2.39m.

That seems fair enough then. A jump off/sudden death seems like changing the game. Like penalties in football matches it’s a BS way of declaring the winner.

 

[jpaul]

Climbing tv camera work on the climbing is disappointing - inadequate close-up on the hand/foot positions they are using , they could be using split screen format, say,
so, for me, not really conveying the skill of the sport, a bit anodyne.

 

[robfosters]

Definitely! She's capable of gold.

She’s got so much time.

Kelly Holmes didn’t win 800m Olympic gold until she was 34

 

[SoliD]

But the gold winner is also 19, so suspect they could be fighting each other. Hope Bell gets some funding now she's proven herself!

 

[robfosters]

But the gold winner is also 19, so suspect they could be fighting each other. Hope Bell gets some funding now she's proven herself!

Give her some of the rowers money. Useless bunch they turned out.

 

[SoliD]

Be some big funding shifts that's for sure following this Olympics. Hopefully will inspire some people to get active whatever it is they want to do!

 

[Psycho Ned]

Think the fundings already been divvied up in the run up to Paris (cos obviously this games’s is a year late so it needed deciding last year for the next cycle) which the rowers are probably quite glad about! They had a 10% funding cut but so ironically have swimming and equestrian!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/55371552

 

[Merlin5]

Excellent start to the Heptathlon for KJT winning the 100m hurdles.

 

[marc2003]

I've only been watching a few minutes but this women's skateboarding is weak. :/

Even though the mens BMX was another level compared to what Charlotte Worthington did, what she did was still amazing to watch. This is poop.

 

[Merlin5]

Yeah, it's a bit rubbish. But better than donkey dressage

 

[Merlin5]

Sky Brown just made this interesting, she's amazing. 55.26, 1st place!

 

[marc2003]

Winner of the women's 400m hurdles got a new WR and looks like she came last. Miserable git.

edit: getting sick of JJ Chalmers now. What an insufferable c-word.
edit2: we're getting humped by the Netherlands in the hockey but since we only have rights to 2 channels, lets have it on both of them any way. Great work BBC. :/

 

[Merlin5]

Bronze for Sky Brown! Took 3 attempts to get that medal, fell twice in the first two runs. 13 years old!

 

[jsmoke]

Sydney Mcclaughlin reminds me of Fl-Jo. Same kind of style and class.

 

[omnomnom]

Watching Whitaker in the boxing not sure what the commentators are watching after one round tbh. Lopez is winning comfortably.

 

[Stumble Bum]

Does anyone have a link to a 3-2-1 point system for the Olympic medal table as the usual table of just counting golds seems utterly crazy. I can't seem to find one for this Olympics.

 

[omnomnom]

Bronze for Sky Brown! Took 3 attempts to get that medal, fell twice in the first two runs. 13 years old!

amazing. 13 years old and getting an olympic medal.

 

[fez]

Shes apparently worth £5m already and has a nike sponsorship deal and over 1m followers on insta. Amazing but she needs to be very careful and I hope she has fantastic parents. Thats so young to have that sort of attention and exposure to the public.

Bronze medal at that age is just mind boggling though.

 

[Maundie]

Wasn't the silver medal winner 12?

Crazy ages to be winning medals in the Olympics at 12 & 13